Wagnman's Silhouette G6ET

[RAP1D]

Good move, they come alive with a big turbo and supporting mods... no more running out of puff at 5 grand

[prudent]

Seriously though you can hear a "ting, ting, ting, ting" sound after you turn the engine off as the turbo is spinning down which does not sound like it will be too long before the thing sh*ts itself good and proper.

Hey mate,

My car did this when it had the timing cover oil leak.

Noise went away after it was fixed.

Nevertheless its a good excuse to tell the missus the turbo is kaput and you need a new bigger one :D

Keep us posted on how you go.

[wagnman]

Timing cover leak hey? that's sounds interesting although the noise is most definately coning from the turbo and getting a little louder.

Oil leaks on these things are bizare to say the least! My car had the common timing cover leak for about 7000km's and then it stopped, it also had a leak from the front of the rocker cover which stopped as well, a mechanic I talked to recently said that it could have been a case of the gaskets are now sealing better after getting oil soaked and swelling a little, who knows but at least it does not leak any more lol.

Full turbo upgrade is on the way soon still, willl be done before christmas so watch this space.

Edited 28/10/10 02:54 AM by wagnman

[Johnny G]

Good news mate - hope it all goes well! Keep us POSTED!!!

[wagnman]

Process West surge tank arrived from HIRO Performance, god dam! it's bloody lovely! Shame you cant see it much once it's fitted, but we know it's there.

Just ordered the following goodies today....(Thanks for the service and advice Karl, HIRO Performance is second to none).

Process West air box and 4 inch intake pipe work kit.

Rapid Systems Battery relocation kit.

Atomic valve springs.

Atomic Harmonic Balancer.

XSpurt 1000cc Injectors.

Turbo on order within the next two weeks.

THE WAIT IS KILLEN ME!!!

Edited 19/11/10 01:16 PM by wagnman

[Dillz]

What turbo did you go with mate?

[wagnman]

Im going to go for a common conversion that alot of guys like me have doen that want to keep their std exhaust manifold and existign dump pipe etc. It'll be a brand new FG F6 turbo hybridised (? lol) with the TO4Z front and comp wheel etc.

Should be a good thing from as far as I can tell and deliver the kind of power / rev range that I am chasing.

The next step up from this seems to be fairly major as you have to go an external waste gate turbo, custom exhaust manifold, new exhaust biger cooler, etc etc and really would require a built bottom end for any kind of reliability.

cheers

[stick]

Im coming for a drive! I thought your car was fast before! Have to catch up, I couldnt be happier with my goodies! Sounds like a JET!

STICKZ

[wagnman]

LOL yeh any time stick, but beware that it may cost ya! You'll want more and more power too like me, enough is never enough.

The power bug's a hard adiction to ignore.

Edited 22/11/10 10:31 PM by wagnman

[stick]

Its already started! I only wanted an exhaust!

You only live once, so may aswell enjoy it while im here!

Keep us posted on your progress!